Many pre-1965 teams changed in-game quarterbacks on a frequent basis. As such, the starter was less important, and the starter could change on the coach’s whim, with little to no pre- or post-game explanation. This pretty much ended by the early 1970s, with the Houston Oilers as perhaps the last holdout.

The number after a quarterback’s name indicates the then-current number of stints he had as that team’s starter.

“Ineffective” is a catch-all term used to designated non-injury-related poor play that caused the quarterback to be benched.

A potentially controversial sequence of events occurred late in the second half of the Packers-Falcons game when it appeared that two different players possibly threw punches that could’ve have warranted ejections.